The year was 1937: New Zealand’s Prime Minister was Michael Joseph Savage, the Labour Government opened the country’s first state house, World War II was two years away — and South Africa thrashed the All Blacks 17-6 at Eden Park. Nearly 80 years on, apartheid has ended, the nation has its third black president, the first being the former African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela who spent 27 years in prison, and the Springboks are yet to repeat their success in Auckland.
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 03:43:37 +0000
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